solvet sæclum in favilla, teste David cum Sibylla.
will dissolve the world in ashes as David prophesied with the Sibyl.
Quantus tremor est futurus, quando judex est venturus, cuncta stricte discussurus!
What dread there will be when the Judge shall come to examine all things with rigour!
4. Tuba mirum Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulcra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum.
The trumpet, diffusing a wondrous sound through the tombs of every region, will summon all before the throne.
Mors stupebit et natura, cum resurget creatura, judicanti responsura.
Death and nature shall stand amazed when creation rises again to answer to the Judge.
Liber scriptus proferetur, in quo totum continetur, unde mundus judicetur.
A written book will be brought forth, that contains everything for which the world shall be judged.
Judex ergo cum sedebit, quidquid latet, apparebit, nil inultum remanebit.
When therefore the Judge takes his seat, whatever is hidden shall be made manifest: nothing will remain unpunished.
(Dies iræ, dies illa solvet sæclum in favilla, teste David cum Sibylla.
(The day of wrath, that day will dissolve the world in ashes as David prophesied with the Sibyl.
Quantus tremor est futurus, quando judex est venturus, cuncta stricte discussurus!
What dread there will be when the Judge shall come to examine all things with rigour! 32